UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BMC051

Mobile Computing

Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MCA · Sem 4 (Elective-5)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

Introduction, Issues in mobile computing, Overview of wireless telephony, Cellular concept, GSM- air interface, channel structure; Location management- HLR-VLR, hierarchical, handoffs; Channel allocation in cellular systems, CDMA, GPRS, MAC for cellular system.

Unit2

Unit 2

8 hrs

Wireless Networking, Wireless LAN Overview- MAC issues, IEEE 802.11, Blue Tooth, Wireless multiple access protocols, TCP over wireless, Wireless applications, Data broadcasting, Mobile IP, WAP- architecture, protocol stack, application environment, applications.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

Data management issues in mobile computing, data replication for mobile computers, adaptive clustering for mobile wireless networks, File system, Disconnected operations.

Unit4

Unit 4

8 hrs

Mobile Agents computing, Security and fault tolerance, Transaction processing in mobile computing environment.

Unit5

Unit 5

8 hrs

Adhoc networks, Localization, MAC issues, Routing protocols, Global state routing (GSR), Destination sequenced distance vector routing (DSDV), Dynamic source routing (DSR), Adhoc on demand distance vector routing (AODV), Temporary ordered routing algorithm (TORA), QoS in Adhoc Networks, applications

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Study and aware fundamentals of mobile computing.K1, K2
  2. CO2Study and analyze wireless networking protocols, applications and environment.K1, K4
  3. CO3Understand various data management issues in mobile computing.K2
  4. CO4Analyze different environment. type of security issues in mobile computingK4
  5. CO5Study, analyze, and evaluate various routing protocols used in mobile computing.K1, K4, K5

Suggested Readings

  1. Schiller J., “Mobile Communications”, Pearson
  2. Upadhyaya S. and Chaudhury A., “Mobile Computing”, Springer
  3. Kamal R., “Mobile Computing”, Oxford University Press.
  4. Talukder A. K. and Ahmed H., “Mobile Computing Technology, Applications and Service Creation”, McGraw Hill Education
  5. Garg K., “Mobile Computing Theory and Practice”, Pearson.
  6. Kumar S., “Wireless and Mobile Communication”, New Age International Publishers
  7. Manvi S. S. and Kakkasageri M. S., “Wireless and Mobile Networks- Concepts and Protocols”, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 46 of the original AKTU PDF.

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